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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-5422

BOSH System Metrics Server releases prior to 0.1.0 exposed the UAA password as a flag to a process running on the BOSH director. It exposed the password to any user or process with access to the same VM (through ps or looking at process details).

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CVE-2020-5422
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1 Nov 2026, 04:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-5422

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Oct 2020, 17:15 UTC

BOSH System Metrics Server releases prior to 0.1.0 exposed the UAA password as a flag to a process running on the BOSH director. It exposed the password to any user or process with access to the same VM (through ps or looking at process details).

osv:CVE-2020-5422
Complete source record
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  "id": "37a61b6b228ac1ebc116640c808f7c263af3436dfdad5480ac3ad5e2a4bdb277",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5422",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-5422",
    "summary": "BOSH System Metrics Server releases prior to 0.1.0 exposed the UAA password as a flag to a process running on the BOSH director. It exposed the password to any user or process with access to the same VM (through ps or looking at process details).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-5422",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-system-metrics-server-release",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dfc7c87309f6ab91dd11b0e9d123a0877aa050a5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cloud_foundry:bosh_system_metrics_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.0.23",
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            "v0.0.21",
            "v0.0.19",
            "v0.0.17",
            "v0.0.16",
            "v0.0.13",
            "v0.0.12",
            "v0.0.11",
            "v0.0.10",
            "v0.0.9",
            "v0.0.8",
            "v0.0.6",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5422.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.158494448Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5422"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-5422",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429942,
  "published_at": "2020-10-02T17:15:12.537+00:00"
}